The green devil

The Espanyol team will play three warm-up games in the Netherlands.

The third game is against the Eredivisie team Elite Rotterdam.

After two warm-up matches, the Spaniard has gradually entered the state, and the cooperation has become more and more tacit.

Facing this Eredivisie relegation team, the Espanyol played very easily.

Perez broke the deadlock in less than 20 minutes.

Seven minutes later, Baptistan scored his first goal to join the Spaniard, rewriting the score to 7:2.

At the end of the first half, Zhao Yang shot a long shot from outside the penalty area to help the Spaniard extend the score to 3:0.

In the second half, the Spaniard made a large number of substitutions, continued to adjust the formation, and experimented with the style of play.

People changed, but the Spaniard's offensive power has not weakened much.

In the second half, Rotterdam Elite aggressively attacked, trying to get one back early.

Unexpectedly, the Spaniard made a quick counterattack, Caicedo scored another goal, and the score was rewritten to 4:0.

A warm-up match was still at the opponent's home court. The Espanyol team did not continue to chase and kill, and strengthened their possession and cooperation.

Before the end of the game, Rotterdam Elite finally relied on a penalty kick to get back a point.

In the final warm-up match, the Espanyol team defeated the Rotterdam Elite 4:1, successfully ending the training in the Netherlands.

After playing the warm-up match between A'an and Rotterdam Elite, the Spaniard flew to England the next day for the second phase of training and warm-up match.

The Spaniard's first warm-up match in England was against the No.6 Southampton team in the Premier League last season.

At present, La Liga has the highest points in the five major leagues in Europe, followed by the Premier League.

The European War points accurately illustrate the level of the major leagues, the Premier League and La Liga are the strongest.

The level of the mid-range teams in the Premier League is certainly not comparable to that of the mid-range teams in the Eredivisie.

Last season, the Spaniard played a warm-up match with Southampton, and the game was tied [-]-[-], but the Spaniard did not have the upper hand on the scene.

At that time, Southampton's fast pace and high-intensity physical confrontation left a deep impression on the Spaniard players.

Against Southampton, the Espanyol team made full preparations before the game.

They not only watched Southampton's game video clips, but also made targeted tactical drills.

Southampton is playing at home, and now there is not much time before the start of the new season. They also hope to play this warm-up match well, boost morale, and start the new season well.

The game will be held at 8:4 pm on August [-]th.

At this time, there are still 14 days before the Espanyol's first Champions League match.

The Espanyol team continued to adjust the team and adjust the personnel mix in the midfield.

Judging from the performance of the three warm-up matches, the front trident of Reyes, Zhao Yang and Baptistan disappointed Sergio a bit.

Before, Sergio believed that the ability and experience of Reyes and Baptistan should surpass Caicedo and Moreno. He hoped that the arrival of these two people would make the Spaniard's striker better than last season. one floor.

But judging from the warm-up match, Reyes has slipped too much from his peak.

But Baptistan's only advantage seems to be diligence.

Even if Reyes and Baptistan got along well with Zhao Yang, they might not be able to replace the combination of Zhao Yang, Caicedo and Moreno.

However, except for the absolute core Zhao Yang, these five forwards have different technical characteristics, and Sergio is still constantly matching them to see if he can find the best combination.

This time against the powerful Southampton, Sergio sent the combination of Reyes, Zhao Yang and Caicedo.

Reyes is familiar with the Premier League, Caicedo is physically strong, and Zhao Yang needless to say, he is the unstoppable main force, and the other forwards are here to assist him.

After the game started, the Espanyol team immediately felt the difference between the Eredivisie and the Premier League.

Southampton played very succinctly, often passing to the forwards with big feet, crossing the midfield, and directly attacking the Spaniard's penalty area, which put great pressure on the Spaniard's defense.

Southampton is no longer completely the original England's long pass style of play. Once the opponent's defense line is complete and the midfield is protected, they will start a fierce fight in the midfield, snatch the ball, and then quickly counterattack.

The Dutch team, who had just finished playing technical skills, was very uncomfortable facing the physical Premier League team Espanyol. They were beaten very embarrassingly at first. After 10 minutes of tenacious resistance, they were finally defeated by Southampton striker Taddy in the 15th minute. Odd scored a goal.

However, the Espanyol team also played against Southampton. After 10 minutes, they adapted to the rhythm of Southampton and began to use their technical advantages to control the ball and initiative.

Yes, the Espanyol team has a technical advantage.

In La Liga, the Espanyol team is considered to have a rough style of play and rough skills, but compared with Southampton, their skills seem to be more delicate.

However, Southampton doesn't care about the possession of the ball, they pay more attention to the number of shooting opportunities in front of the penalty area.

The two sides played very anxiously in the first half, Southampton had the upper hand in front, and the Spaniard had some advantages in the back, but Southampton still led by 1 goal in the score.

Neither the Spaniard nor Southampton made substitutions in the second half, and the two sides continued to fight with the lineup of the first half.

Although the people have not changed, the Espanyol team has changed in their style of play. They have reduced dribbling and focused on passing and cooperation, and do not give their opponents a chance to physically confront.

The Spaniard's offense was more concise than in the first half, and he followed up sharply.

Less than 5 minutes into the second half, they got a chance to shoot through continuous cooperation in the frontcourt.

This is after Zhao Yang attracted the defense, he kicked his heel and passed it to Reyes who was in the middle.

Reyes volleyed vigorously from the front of the penalty area, but the ball was blocked out of the baseline by the defender.

Three minutes later, the Spaniard made a comeback. This time Zhao Yang tried to pass the opponent with a "Cruyff turn" at the front of the penalty area. As a result, he was kicked down by the opponent as soon as he finished the fake shot. The referee gave the Spaniard a penalty area. Before the free kick.

Zhao Yang personally took the free kick. He scored a falling leaf and easily broke through the gate guarded by Southampton goalkeeper Foster who didn't know him well enough to rewrite the score to 1:1.

In the ensuing game, the Spaniard still had the upper hand.

The power of Zhao Yang's free kick made Southampton dare not foul at the front of the penalty area.

This gave the Spaniard an opportunity to cooperate in the frontcourt.

In the 75th minute of the game, Jurado made a wonderful pass, Zhao Yang missed it, and Caicedo got the chance to directly face the goalkeeper and shoot.

Caicedo did not waste, he scored through the crotch, and the Spaniard overtook Southampton 2:1.

In the 85th minute, Southampton was eager to equalize the score, but was attacked by the Spaniard again. This time it was Zhao Yang who scored the goal.

After Reyes dribbled past the midfielder and passed behind the defender, Zhao Yang started at high speed, creating a chance to go to the meeting alone. He swung past goalkeeper Foster with a pendulum-style dribble, scored an empty goal, and locked the score at 3:1.